I did too.
A drink, needle, or line is on the table.
If you pick it up and drink, shoot, or snort it, that is a conscience decision to continue in your “addiction”.
Nothing physically forced you to do it.

I read his entire, original, Newsweek interview from, I believe 1963 or 1964, and he never mentioned getting his arms broke.
He did mention that when they found out who his father was, the got really nice to him.

“Police in Oklahoma are using scanners that can identify phony credit cards, but critics warn the devices could also allow cops to empty the bank accounts of law-abiding citizens with one swipe.

Authorities in the state are using the new devices during traffic stops to freeze and seize money loaded onto prepaid debit cards by alleged drug traffickers, with the potential to net up to $8,000 per portable scanner. Supporters of the program, which has only been in the field for about six weeks, say it’s an important tool for law enforcement agencies to interrupt the flow of illegal drugs into Oklahoma.”